Improvement in adjustable spittoon-brackets



s. s. WHITE.

ADJUSTABLESPlTTOON-BRAGKETS. No,185,004;. Patented Dec. 5.1876.

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IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE SPITTOON-BRACKETS. I

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,004, dated December5, 1876; application filed October 24, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL STocKToN WHITE, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulAdjustable Spittoon- Stand, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to that class of spittoon-stands employed bydentists. Its object is to render the stand adjustable vertically,laterally, and longitudinally relatively to its baseer support.

The subject-matter claimed is hereinafter specified.

In the accompanyig drawings, Figure 1 represents a view in elevation,partly in section, of my improved stand 5 Fig. 2, a vertical transversesection through the supportingbracket, lookin g outward from the supporton the line l l of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a horizontal transverse sectionthrough the stand on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

A suitable base, A, supports a tubular column, A', in which a solidpost, B, moves freely endwise, and is held at any desired elevation bymeans of a spring-detent, a, engaging-with a series of holes, b, in thepost. The bracket U projects from this post, and turns freelyhorizontally thereon, and moves up and down with it, having no verticalmovement independently thereof. The supporting -arm D slides freelyendwise upon and parallel'with the upper bar of this bracket, beingprovided for this purpose, at its inner end, with grooved lugs d,overlapping corresponding anges on the bracket C. A spring tumbler-rest,E, is

mounted upon this arm, the outer extremity of which arm is provided witha spring-clamp, j', which holds the spittoon F beyond the outer end ofthe bracket.

The apparatus can be placed in any desired position relative to theoperators chair, and adjusted to any desired height. The swingingbracket enables it to be moved around its supporting-post, and theadjustable sliding arm enables the spittoon to be placed at any desireddistance from its supporting-post, thus making a very convenientimplement.

The bracket, it will be seen, is held in place and prevented from movingvertically on its post by the cap-screw in the end of the post above thebracket-bearing, and the shoulder on the post below said bearing.The-bracket may readily be detached, when desired, by removing thescrew.v

I do not broadly claim a swinging bracket mounted upon avertically-adjustable post, as that is not new; Abut What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The dental spittoon-stand hereinbefore described, consisting of thecombination of the tubular base or support, the supporting-post,adjustable vertically therein, the bracket swinging around the post, buthaving no vertical movement independently thereof, and secured thereonby a shoulder below and a cap-screw above, and the `supportingarmadjustable longitudinally on and parallel with the upper bar of thebracket, and supporting the spittoon beyond the outer end thereof, thesemembers being constructed and operating in combination as hereinbeforeset forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

SAMUEL S. WHITE. v

